Users Passwords
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Permissions or access rights can be specific between users and groups of users. These permissions control the ability of the users to view, change, navigate, and execute the contents of the file system.
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Default Access Details
The IPLOG unit use the same access details (Username and Password) for the WEB and SSH (BASH) too.
Username: root
Password: Clean, the default is without password!
BASH
Change Password
The root user has permission to create a new user, grant permissions or change password.
1. Login
Login as a root user.
login as: root
2. Password Command
Type a command passwd for password change of current user or passwd metel(user metel) for the different one and write new password after characters New password:.
root@iplog:~# passwd Changing password for root New password:
Tip: The password should be minimum 8-12 characters long including special characters, digits, lower case alphabetic and more.
3. Retype the new password
Retype password:
4. Notification
Notification of Linux, the password was changed successfully.
passwd: password for root changed by root
Create a New User
If you are signed in as the root user, you can create a new user without permissions limitations.
1. Login
Login as a root user.
login as: root
2. New User Command
This command allows you add new user to the system, after adduser characters write the new user name (gama-example).
root@iplog:~# adduser gama
3. New User Password
Write the password for new user account.
Changing password for gama New password:
4. Retype the new password
Retype password:
5. Notification
Notification of Linux, the password was changed successfully.
passwd: password for gama changed by root
The adduser command created a user, a group, and a home directory for your user. Your new user is now ready for use! You can now log in using the password you set up.
Reset User Password
The User password is possible change via root account. Change password as root.
Reset Root Password
Reset the password for root account is possible only of the Recovery mode. Mount the userfs files of common firmware image and delete the root password there.
1. Recovery
List of Users
A file /etc/shadow/ contains all created permisions.
root@iplog:~# cat /etc/shadow
Example of default user list.
root@iplog:~# cat /etc/shadow root::10933:0:99999:7::: daemon:*:10933:0:99999:7::: bin:*:10933:0:99999:7::: sys:*:10933:0:99999:7::: sync:*:10933:0:99999:7::: mail:*:10933:0:99999:7::: www-data:*:10933:0:99999:7::: operator:*:10933:0:99999:7::: nobody:*:10933:0:99999:7::: metel:$1$dyS.UTOR$GE8nsEAN4OxJGD/g2uh1l.::::::: sshd:*:::::::
